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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 1d

Still, pretty impressive!

Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to your podcasts i’m constantly amazed of your knowledge of obscure bands but even by your standards EAV is an absurdly deep cut

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 11d

There’s not now nor has there ever been, even cumulatively, enough vomit inside of me to adequately express how i feel about this

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11d

This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 21d

Ha i didn’t know marc andreesen had a career in advertising before making it big in fascism

Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 24d

So so good!!

Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 24d

This is long, but worth it. Some choice quotes:

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 27d

I’m just gonna say this once - he was a nazi and I don’t have time for anyone to go “well actually he never said that” like i said he was a nazi, who gives a shit about nuance?

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 27d

one reason i reject the 'global, vibes based rejection of liberalism' theory is, as elites have internalised it, they've figured there's nothing to be done other than accommodate fascism

but in fact, when we fight, we win all the time

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · 29d

Is this best to worst or worst to hest because either sorting would be insane

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 8

Love to see the paper of record unquestioningly adopt apple marketing lines

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 8

Also sure he’s really dumb and surrounded by a team of idiots, but i don’t think yanking the party and the country rightward is an oopsie

Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is just such ridiculous framing
Like, good news guys, we’ll set the big switch to ‘no mistakes’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

www.theguardian.com

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 6

In a crowded field, this is the dumbest fuck alive

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 5

That submarine just looks like a kenwood chef so i’m keeping my hopes up for another entertaining news cycle

Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 3

I guess sometimes Ankara is the last stop

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 3

HOwever much i’d like this to mean something, he’s old as dirt, bruises take a while to heal at his age

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · Sep 3

Words have no meaning at The Guardian anymore. Linehan is a “gender activist” in the same way that the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is a “race activist”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 3

How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon

What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for the comedy writer

www.theguardian.com

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Sep 3

Since there is absolutely no way he never tried to be called “streets” in an attempt to seem cool, this must be a “mister policeman i gave you all the clues” type situation

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La Spaghettissima @catlady.gay · Aug 31

Borrowing all of tomorrow for a little more tonight

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Quentin Lichtblau @lichtblauq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ich frage mich immer wie sich solche Takes lesen wenn man als Linker irgendwo in der Lausitz wohnt und täglich von Nazis bedroht wird ohne dass es irgendeinen Vibe-Shift-Theoretiker in Hamburg jemals interessiert